Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not
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Resistance
From Sentiment to Struggle: Combating White Supremacy and Liberal Idealism
*This post is the transcript of remarks read at the recent Cornell faculty “kneel-in” against racism. Almost any expression of collectivity can
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Beyond Monuments: African Americans Contesting Civil War Memory
As monuments to white supremacists, slavery-defenders, and Confederate leaders continue to be torn down by politicians or by the people’s
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Neo-McCarthyism and the Radical Professor
It is never easy to be a critical intellectual in a bourgeois democracy—a society that professes egalitarian values while aggressively
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Interrogating the Master Narrative of “My Family’s Slave”
Alex Tizon’s widely acclaimed article in The Atlantic about his family’s horrific abuse and exploitation of a domestic worker has
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